Drug Tests

[Nyoibo]

Not to re-hash

*Ba-dum tsh*

Sorry, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

[AdminAssistant]

That is their line of reasoning, and frankly, it's not a terrible one. It probably serves them well in many cases, especially since they can't know whether you're a seldom partaker or a perma-stoner.

I agree.

Not to re-hash what's being said constantly, but in this economy, with the high unemployment and everybody and their second cousin trying to get a job....yeah, you're screwed. If I've got two good applicants and one tests positive for pot and the other doesn't, well, then I know who I'm going to hire. I'm going to hire the one who doesn't break laws to fry his brain.

Like it or not, pot is illegal. I used to partake myself, occasionally, until I realized I was killing brain cells and doing something incredibly silly and harmful to my body for no good reason. So, I stopped lighting up at parties and I stopped drinking to excess. Want to relax? Have a nice big glass of red wine and a bubble bath. And hey, you won't be setting a horrible example for your kids!

[anriana]

They DO that? Why? To prove you don't need the job, or something?

If you have a bad credit score then you must be bad with money and susceptible to bribery.

In their reasoning.

[BroomJockey]

The drug tests aren't a problem to me for employment. My big problem is the credit check.

They DO that? Why? To prove you don't need the job, or something?

[daleduke17]

The drug tests aren't a problem to me for employment. My big problem is the credit check.

[BroomJockey]

It's as simple as this, to the company.

Pot is illegal.
You tested positive for an illegal substance.
You have demonstrated a willingness to engage in illegal behaviour.
If you're willing to break one law for your own benefit, you may break others.
You are a bad employment risk.

That is their line of reasoning, and frankly, it's not a terrible one. It probably serves them well in many cases, especially since they can't know whether you're a seldom partaker or a perma-stoner.

[DrFaroohk]

I'm all for drug tests. Some people with major heroin addictions shouldn't be in the work place. Heroin addicts will steal, rape and pillage just to get what they need. They're not even human when they're in that state of mind. They'll blow some guy in the subway just to get a fix. Sometimes they freak out and destroy large amounts of property. They start gang wars and tear families apart.

The same cannot be said for pot smokers. Yeah, I smoke pot. I don't do it around my children, I don't do it during the day when I have to work, and when I run out I don't go on a rampage. And there's a big difference between being high in the evening after the kids have gone to bed and being completely fried all day. WE ARE NOT THE PROBLEM!

But it sucks because I'm this close to getting a really awesome job (well, by my standards) and bam they want a drug test. The pot has no bearing on anything relevent to the situation with my job, everyone I've interviewed with loves me and they really get a "good vibe" from me, as they said themselves, and now I'm probably not gonna get the job. My only hope is that the little fine print says that the test may or may not be used in determining my eligibility for employment, so possibly they might like me enough to not care.